What’s a piece of advice you ignored but later realised was 100% correct? – 17 wise words to take note of right now
10.
‘Stretch every day.’
-unimportantinfodump
11.
‘Don’t break more than one law at a time.. If you’re knowingly driving with a broken tail light, don’t speed on top of it. The more you stack, the more money you spend.’
-justdownstairs
12.
‘Have your own money aside from your spouses. Keep working. Even if you’re 100% solid it’s always good to have an extra emergency fund. I was the stay at home parent and my retirement is fucked.’
-Jerkrollatex
13.
‘If there is something that you believe is important for you to get or achieve in life, then you need to be working towards it right now and doing it consistently. The timing almost never gets better to do it, and before you know it you’re too old and you never even tried.’
-Independent_March536
14.
‘Always go to the funeral.
‘Three separate times in life I have received this advice, unprompted. If you can’t decide whether or not you should go, then go.
‘It seems like such a strange piece of advice and I have often wondered why I specifically have gotten it so many times but I can assure you, the one time I DIDN’T go is one of the only regrets I have.
‘Always go to the funeral.’
-Winnie_rem18
15.
‘Instead of spending money on a wedding, why don’t you use that on a house, and have a low key party in the backyard as a wedding. Ignored that advice from my mom and regretted it since.’
-purpletwinkletoes
16.
‘Use your “special occasion” dishes. Eat your “special occasion” food. Right NOW is the special occasion
‘I’m in my 40s and have lost so many people over the years to illness, injury, unaliving…. Enjoy the present, the next moment is never promised.’
-Remote-Candidate7964
17.
‘If it doesn’t exist in three places, it doesn’t exist.’ I thought keeping my project on just my laptop was fine. Then my hard drive died the night before a deadline. The panic attack I had while trying to recode 3 months of work in 12 hours changed me forever.’
-unluckyFru
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